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Making the Mark : Gender, Identity, and Genital Cutting /

Why do female genital cutting practices persist? How does circumcision affect the rights of girls in a culture where initiation forms the lynchpin of the ritual cycle at the core of defining gender, identity, and social and political status?

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prazak, Miroslava (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Why do female genital cutting practices persist? How does circumcision affect the rights of girls in a culture where initiation forms the lynchpin of the ritual cycle at the core of defining gender, identity, and social and political status?
Physical Description:1 online resource (332 pages).
ISBN:9780896804975